Underage party host charged with alcohol possession

Published 11:58 am, Wednesday, September 3, 2014

New Canaan police broke up an underage party on Gower Road Aug. 30 after receiving a noise complaint at about 10 p.m.

As an officer pulled up by the house where the party was taking place, a number of 16- to 18-year-olds were seen running from the house and scattering through the area, according to the report.

Inside the house, police found a 16-year-old girl, seven 17-year-old males, four 17-year-old females and an 18-year-old male, the report stated. Police also found a number of unopened bottles of Bud Light, Miller Light and malt liquor, as well as several empty bottles of different alcoholic beverages, according to the report.

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The host of the party, a 17-year-old female, was issued an infraction for possession of alcohol by a minor. She told police her parents were out of state and she invited a few friends over but people "crashed the party," police said.

Parents were called to pick up the other teens, whom police did not see in possession of alcohol.